13) Round of Bidding - when the trump suit is declared. There can be two rounds of bidding. See "first round of bidding" and "second round of bidding."

14) Stick the Dealer - a game option that forces the dealer to declare the trump suit if all other players pass in the 2nd round of bidding.

15) Trick - The first player leads a card and then each player in turn lays one card down on the table. The four cards together are called a trick.

16) Trump - suit that outranks all other suits in a deck of cards. Same thing as the "boss suit."

17) Trumping - playing a trump card on a trick. Trumping is the same thing as "ruffing."

18) Turn-card - same thing as the "up-card."

19) Up-card (or Turn-card) - the top card from the kitty which has been turned face up. The up-card is offered as the trump suit in the 1st round of bidding. If the up-card is ordered up, it goes to the dealer and he discards one card.

First Round of Bidding - when the up-card is offered as the trump suit. The up-card is offered first to the player to the LEFT of the dealer - if he declines to order it up, the card is offered to the next player and so on. If the up-card is ordered up it goes to the dealer and he discards one card. If no one orders up the card the 2nd round of bidding begins.

Second Round of Bidding - begins when the up-card is declined as trump by everyone in the 1st round of bidding. Starting with the player to the LEFT of the dealer, players are asked to declare the trump suit. If the first player declines to declare the trump suit, the next player is asked to declare and so on. Any suit may be named trump except for the suit of the former up-card. The dealer does NOT discard a card in this round.

Terminology for Strategy:

One-suited - a hand consisting of ONE suit only.

Two-suited - a hand consisting of TWO suits only.

Three-suited - a hand consisting of THREE suits only.

Four-suited - a hand consisting of ALL FOUR suits.

Singleton - you are holding only ONE card in a particular suit.

Doubleton - any TWO cards of the SAME suit in a hand.

Tripleton - any THREE cards of the SAME suit in a hand.

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At the Bridge - when a team is 1 point away from winning the game. ie: 9 points in a 10 point game. Same thing as "in the barn."

Block (or Blocking) - "when you order up trump to your opponents knowing there is little chance of making a point. The one and only reason to call a block is to stop an opponent from going alone and making 4 points." **see endnote #5.

Blocker - keeping the opposing team (who called the trump suit) from winning all 5 tricks by winning one trick. Same thing as a "stopper."

Green (or Green Suits) - "either of the two suits that are the opposite color of trump." **see endnote #7.

Green Suit Bid - same thing as "Reverse Next."

Guarded Ace - having the ace of the trump suit PLUS any 2 trumps smaller than the ace. The ace is protected because the player can sacrifice both lower trump cards (if the bowers are led), leaving the ace as the highest remaining trump card. (ie: guaranteed to take it's trick.)

Guarded Left (or Protected Left) - "having the LEFT bower AND another (smaller) trump card in the player's hand; the LEFT bower is protected because the player can sacrifice the lower trump card, if the RIGHT bower is led, leaving the LEFT as the highest remaining trump card. (ie: guaranteed to take it's trick.)" **see endnote #8.

In the Barn - same thing as "at the bridge."

Loner - same thing as "going alone."

Next - the other suit of the SAME color as trump. ie: If CLUBS are trump then the "next" suit is SPADES.

Next (Bid) - is made in the 2nd round of bidding. A "next" bid is declaring the trump SUIT to be the SAME color as the former up-card that everyone declined to order up. ie: If the former up-card was a HEART then the "next" bid would be DIAMONDS. It is recommended that a "next" bid be made from 1st seat or 3rd seat.

Off Suit - same thing as a "side suit."

Protected Left - same thing a "guarded left."

Renege (or Revoke) - "when a player fails to play a card from the suit led even though they have one." **see endnote #9. "If a player reneges...the hand ends and the non-offending team gets two points. If the renege happens during a lone call, the non-offending team gets four points." **see endnote #10.

Reverse Next - the same thing as a "green suit bid" - it is a bid made in the 2nd round of bidding. Reverse Next is a bid of a "green" suit (the suits OPPOSITE in color to the former up-card.) For example, if the former up-card was a HEART then a reverse next bid would be SPADES or CLUBS. It is recommended that a reverse next bid be made from 2nd seat or 4th seat (the dealer.)

Revoke - the same thing as "renege."

Ruffing - playing a trump card on a trick. Ruffing is the same thing as trumping a trick.

Side Ace - any ace that is not in the trump suit.

Side Suit - any suit that is not the trump suit.

Sloughing - playing a card that is neither of the suit led nor trump, and therefore cannot win the trick.